audience: naminé

[cyclists]

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[cyclists]

Ummm...[He, unfortunately, can't forget Saix and he's humming to himself as he looks at the masks in blue.] What do you think, light blue or dark blue?

[whitewalls]

Maybe dark?

[ that seems like it'll go with the others better. ]

[cyclists]

Right...like...this? [It's this.] And if Axel wants Saix to come, then we'll get him a light blue one.

[That is to say, he's not exactly inviting him himself but he's not entirely opposed if Axel's not.]

[whitewalls]

[ she points at the mask. ]

That's fine.

[ but ah, saix... naminé does not dislike saix anymore, but she's also not friends with him, so. ]

... light blue...

[cyclists]

...we can always find him one later if he decides to come. Let's just worry about the four of us for now because we know that'll happen.

[whitewalls]

... yeah, that sounds fine.

[ he seems less likely to indulge them with the masks, anyway. ]

[cyclists]

[Collecting the masks then...] Axel's probably the only one of us who's maybe seen a circus. What do you think we're supposed to do?

[whitewalls]

Eat, probably.

There's a lot of food.

[cyclists]

I wouldn't mind eating. The last gateway has some pretty good food, too.

[whitewalls]

Mmhm. It's not like tasting the food is something you guys got to do a lot when you were traveling through worlds.

[cyclists]

Well the same goes for you, doesn't it? So we can experience it together.

[...but oh!] Nana made me some more cookies, too. I'm asking her to teach me.

[...he just likes food, it's fine.]

[whitewalls]

Is she?

So you're going to get pretty good then.

[ nana was going to teach her and then she.... dies... .]

[cyclists]

I'm going to try. I have nothing else to do when the universe is ignoring us and everybody else is talking to Lune or each other. But we can practice together later if you want.

[whitewalls]

... are people not talking to you?

[cyclists]

No, they do. But usually it's for favors or to ask a lot of questions. That's what my job is.

[He's already kind of explained this to Axel and now at this point he just accepts it.]

[whitewalls]

... but they don't really come to you just to see you then?

[ naminé just hangs out with him it's fine ]

[cyclists]

Minato does sometimes. Valvatorez does, too, but he usually is asking questions or asking for favors. And Milla's nice. That's also not including people like Nana and Tsuru. [But there's a sunny grin following that anyway.] But I have you guys.

It's just that...I also really miss being home. That's all.

[whitewalls]

[ she reaches over to grab his hand and give it a squeeze. minato has taught her the magic of handholding at all times. ]

We'll be back soon.

[ even if it's still hard to imagine that she'll be there too. ]

[cyclists]

[Magic o: He'll? Squeeze back? He's not sure what to do with that because while he and Xion have held hands sometimes it's still surprising from Naminé. It's nice though.]

I hope you're right. [...] There are things I wish I could tell you guys, but I can't. It's stuff you have to learn on your own because of how the universe works.

[Like, you know, about how everyone but one person has to die.]

[whitewalls]

[ that information is never going to reach naminé and that's just funny ]

That's fine... we'll figure it out. Don't worry about it.

[cyclists]

[Someone please tell Naminé stuff.]

I know. [He's going to worry anyway.] ...how are you doing with everything that's happening anyway? [Like. Just checking in as a friend.]

[whitewalls]

... okay, I guess? All you can really do is just keep moving when things happen.

[ she would prefer not to dwell. ]

[cyclists]

[...there's a light laugh.] Why doesn't that answer surprise me coming from you?

[whitewalls]

Well... I think I've just had enough of sitting around.

[ not like he would Know about that but still. it's fine. ]

[cyclists]

[...fair. He knows nothing and yet that still sounds about right.]

None of us are really good at sitting still anyway.